NORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles says Clive Palmer is welcome to Alison Anderson, the rebel indigenous politician who left the Country Liberals last month and took two indigenous colleagues with her.

Mr Giles was referring to Ms Anderson’s disruptive record in NT politics, having been behind attempts to destabilise four chief ministers and having been a sitting member for Labor, the Country Liberals, as an independent and now PUP.

Mr Palmer told Insiders that Ms Anderson would become the first indigenous person to lead an Australian parliamentary party. However, that position has already been taken by Mr Giles, who seized power in the Territory a year ago.

“She’s made the Northern Territory a laughing stock – well, she’s tried to make us a laughing stock,” said Mr Giles of Ms Anderson, who is yet to comment on her latest political defection.

Ms Lee’s political future is uncertain after police charged her with aggravated assault over an incident in her hometown of Katherine last week. She also has made no comment on the move to PUP.

Tough talk ... Clive Palmer called Adam Giles a “liar” - but didn’t specify what he had lSource:News Corp Australia

Mr Kurrupuwu, from the Tiwi Islands, has remained mostly silent since joining Ms Anderson’s breakaway group.

Mr Giles said he had been unable to speak to Mr Kurrupuwu, whom he recruited to the Country Liberals.

He claimed Ms Anderson’s faction feared he could be persuaded him to come back to the party.

Mr Palmer called Mr Giles a “liar” on Insiders, though did not specify what he had supposedly lied about. He also claimed the NT Government held “slush funds”.